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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






2. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






3. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






4. The higher the BMR a client has --






5. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






6. What is the function of vitamin E?






7. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






8. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






9. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






10. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






11. Sources of fats






12. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






13. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






14. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






15. Name six sources of grains






16. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






17. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






18. What is normal BMI?






19. When does BMR increase?






20. Where can you get more vitamin D?






21. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






22. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






23. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






24. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






25. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






26. What does DASH stand for?






27. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






28. When does BMR decrease?






29. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






30. What function is vitamin A?






31. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






32. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






33. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






34. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






35. Fats can lead to some medical problems






36. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






37. What type of people need extra protein?






38. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






39. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






40. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






41. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






42. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






43. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






44. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






45. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






46. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






47. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






48. How many calories/gram is protein?






49. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






50. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?